when i took mine off, there is a big indent on either side with multiple holes, it doesn't look good, imo just take the ones you have now and paint them to match your jeep color, if you don't have that already..

Yeah, the body is recessed where the moldings are placed. So if removed, you would actually have holes as well as the recessed contour. But painted moldings look clean you know. Or even body work could be done